2010...if not why not..what is holding you back?

TIME OUT.... take a little "time out" for yourself that is....

If at all possible plan for a night at the beach or someplace where you can be "free"

Free to just be you...and time to rediscover what your true passion is...did you lose it?

Who are you? What do you really want?

Where will you be at this time next year IF you don't do what is needed?

What is needed? Bottom line it is ACTION....what action?

I just finished reading a book written by Dee Henderson.."Before I wake".

I was surprised with learning a NEW ? truth..

( I'd previously read this book some time ago,how did I miss this?.

I believe truths are like an onion sometimes.. some we learn layer by layer )

Personally I've made great strides in personal growth since Jan 2006...

It was the year I lost over 100 lbs(and 1st time ever in a lifelong weight 'battle"

I was able to maintain that loss..YAY)

I came out of homemaker mom"retirement"( our kids are all grown,so I was finally doing "stuff" previously denied...self stuff,like art etc...)

I successfully started a home based business,which creatively allowed some supportive type businesses to come "on board".

We began building our dream home...all such creates more "stuff'

As most of you know making great strides in any given area,especially concerning personal growth...there can be some considerable growing "pains" encountered.

WHAT?WHY?HOW?WHERE?HUH?

Like me ,you might discover you are "stuck" in a given area.

why? why do "others" move on,grow,expand,do yada yada? you keep searching for something that you can't quite put your finger on...you are not dumb,you do work at "it' ,you are open, you do 'want". you "got" THE BIG dream...(like "they" tell you to have)

TIME OUT...what is going on deep inside?

While reading Blackstock's book (again) page 253...HIT me....

"I'm tired God, deeply tired inside where hope tries to live...."

Perhaps you are "stuck" because deep inside you are fearful "this" won't "work"

This "diet", business venture,program, procedure,relationship...

IF you continue,your subconscious is possibly the "one" who is getting in your way...

"thinking" for you. ALL the BETTER to "protect" you (my "dear")so "it" says...

so you won't "FAIL" and then become the victim when HOPE really dies !

Hang onto your hat...take that TIME OUT...

Look in the mirror and tell (out loud..we believe what we hear)

the would be naysayer "it" doesn't REALLY understand things

NOR does "it"really KNOW you all that well...

Exhale the neggies out ,Breath in deep rich FREE now is the time air.

Give yourself FREEDOM....freedom to BE,to DO, to GROW

( while not a star trek fan I love Spock's line...LIVE LONG & PROSPER)

What is it that you need to LIVE LONG & (really)PROSPER (not just $$) ?

Watch for some upcoming posts either here or at my farmfunnies

I will be sharing a number of creative ideas about things to do...

Perhaps you already know what would allow you freedom to live long & prosper

GREAT...then if not why not?

2010 ready or not...here we come...I'm ready...are you?

p.s. if you "fail" no biggie...your hope won't die..

It can't unless you let it...we get to choose.

There is an abundance of true life examples all around us.

People demonstrating how to thrive,when by all appearaces they "should"

up and "fade" away...

CHOOSE to aim for the moon/stars...if you fall short ..why just dust off

and "shoot" again..starting TODAY.

Never give up,never surrender,never say die...

why? because I know you can do "this", I BELIVE in you....

(besides if you sit "still" and you don't take that step,pull that bow string back do that?

you'll not budge very far...will you?

Then next year...same time, same place ,same ? is that what you REALLY want?

extra p.s. do you need a lil' help?

e-mail me at betty@bettyframesuccess4u.com to set up 1 free 10 min phone consultation

(I know...I NEED to figure out some of this computer "stuff" ...why because I love YA..

and BECAUSE I have some great systems to do so

(thanks to Ann, Alica &Mike :-) ... )

and yep my blogs are not that "polished" , why?

because these were originally set up for friends/family(especially grandkids) and fun..

I still love to do them...

However, they've grown ahead of my computer skills... :-) sigh... yay....

Hang on,don't lose sight of hope & Keep looking up

Visiting one of the blogs I follow, I was inspired to write this post about hanging on.

Over the course of my life I have been blessed with several encouragements during those times when life seems so discouraging.

#1 One winter I was engulfed in a siege of "home-ness" .

Our kids spent one whole winter in various sieges of illness.

During this L-O-N-G winter I remember once waking to the plea of a distraught little girl wanting comfort, widely waking up as the sound of upchucking and the force of warm vomit covered my entire head. Missing numerous Sunday services and feeling very isolated and alone(hubby was attending school during the day and working nights for us).

My heart melted when a lady from our church sent a single mum decorated as a smiley clown face to me,with a card saying I was missed . ( this is one of the main reasons I love my card system , hoping to reciprocate to others who may also be in the depths of despair).

#2 Still living within the bounds of our "school" budget , a dinner at a restaurant "gave me a fortune cookie containing Chinese proverb i still treasure to this day:

He who aims for the moon may hit a star, but he who aims for a tree,never gets of the ground.

( I strive to aim high,even so if I fall a bit short I'm still flying high :-)

#3 A very beloved pastor shared in a sermon :

A salmon fights hard and sometimes it seems to only stay in one place, making no progress...BUT a dead salmon only goes downstream....( I learned to remember to never give up,never surrender,never stop fighting. I may rest and sigh sometimes)

This same pastor I later discovered spent some serious time in prayer support for me---little did he know I was being bombarded with very self destructive(why not end it) " pot shots". I literally believe his prayers kept me here, so I try to ALWAYS heed any prayer promptings.

In the same vein, a close (non animal loving )friend sent me (a hopless animal loving fanatic)a poster, just for fun. It was a kitten hanging onto a branch by one paw . Little did she know I was hanging "again". I "got" Anne with an E 's engulphment feelings of the depths of despair (Anne of Green Gables)

#4 Meeting a fellow canary lover, I discovered later had the same heart longings for God that I did . She taught me the blessings of praising God.. God inhabits praises to Him...Thus if you want to be in the presence of God more often,start praising Him . Praise even "in"the bad, this is scriptural by the way.( i.e. lost wedding diamond;very sick kids; unpleasant, difficult,vexing, even tragic "life" trials).

#5 A guest speaker shared how we gain faith by literally hearing the Word of God.

(I reasoned I needed to HEAR God's truths to negate the inner neggies I kept hearing repeated over and over inside my lil' punkin' head)

#6 We need to put on our armour, this is a daily necessity. Without armour we , will be recipients of direct hits. Some "hits"are so fast and hard we not even feel them at the time.

In combat remember, they also serve who stand and wait. That to be fore warned is to be fore armed. This translates for me and "my" house that I want us to be RFA -ready for anything .

#7 Time is fleeting,so savor what is really precious. Little sticky hand prints,they will far to soon be distant memories. Look for the beauty all around you . Enjoy each day of your life,day by day moment by moment..learn to treasure and store up the treasures that really matter.

http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup-frame.html

My heart pants for God, I LOOK to the hills from whence cometh my strength, and I know my help comes from my Lord,even when I don't feel it... I choose to hang on ,remembering God's truths,and looking up to Him...

What about you?

This is your life,know the choices & choose well

You can call a rose by any other name ,BUT it will still be a rose.

Our lives are rose "like".

You can say (to yourself and perhaps to others)

It is all xyz's fault I'm not thinner,wiser,richer etc.

You were born in the wrong century or on wrong side of the "tracks"

You missed out on various "advantages" or social "placement

You didn't have the"right" parents or environment.

No matter what you call "it" any problem is not a problem.

In reality whatever you are facing is simply...YOU....

thus the solution(s) begins in YOU...you can do it, whatever you choose.

Long time followers of my blogs, know I base my life on sound Biblical principals

I heartily recommend you look there for your best answers.

I also heartily recommend anyone you choose to give you advice,council or support

be one who bases their life principals and values on the solid Rock of Biblical principals too.

It doesn't take a very long "venture" into history to learn how a society "evolves" with out holding true to their core values .

Societies who stray from these principals,

whether they personally believe in God or not ,decay and eventually become pretty much extinct in some form or another.

I find it not only sad, but I think it pity our founding fathers would have a hard time "recognizing us now.

Let this little history "foray" enlighten you to not following "suit".. Be the BEST you can be

no matter what.

Light a candle in your life, don't hide it under a bushel, look at your dreams, your goals, hold them high despite what inner voices may be "whispering".

Formulate a plan , commit to do something positive... for YOU,,,your dreams... your goals.

You are worth it!

Start now,no matter how small you start.

Today,right now, choose what you REALLY want.

If you don't choose,the choices will be made without you.

As for me, I choose to do what I REALLY want...

Now go ...You can do it, I know you can...I belive in you... :-)

What is your biggest challenge?

What is your dream?

What do you REALLY want?

betty@bettyframesuccess4u.com

Little known family facts , a tribute to Bob Bogle

All of us have some little known family facts don't we?

Well here are some of mine:

I just wrote a tribute post for my cousin Robert at my farm funnies blog

most of the world knew him as Bob Bogle,lead guitarist and co founder of the Ventures.

I wrote my post mainly for my own kids and other family

members , but my family facts contain good memories ,so I am sharing them with you

my readers and followers.

Here is a link to my tribute post

Young cousins memories and tribute to Bob (Robert) Bogle, Lead guitarist for the Ventures

What holds you back? Where are you headed?

The road is ahead of you and you are wondering what lies around the corner.

Do you know what would hold you back,once you round that corner?

Do you really know who and what you are?

Do you have the resources to become who and what you are destined to be?

Do you have pain,regrets,indecision,sadness,that seeks to engulf or hinders your travel?

While, as a professional health and business coach, I can share tools and ways to reaching your dreams goals, I cannot "fix" the inner struggles, and misbeliefs , you know...all the negative

things that a person acquires during a lifetime.

I want to share video that could help clear up a lot of such "stuff",

why not check it out... and if you need a health or business coach, contact me for a free

consultation .

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=849dc7c803281df74bb2

Is there a "Morel" to this story? Yes and a yummy one...

When one finds such a "shot" , what else but .....
...A fry fest...
What else could one expect , after all? I mean after capturing such, what is left but to create a scrumptious fry fest?

Actually, I left these particular treasures alone.
The last time I had created a scrumptious feast from such after finding some on one of my
forays as I checked fences, I searched in vain for several years in the hopes of a repeat performance, my are these treasures good. I had been told it didn't matter if you picked them, if conditions were such that created a safe haven for them, they would return again...They never did, no matter how hard I looked.

This year I decided to mark the spot and let them happily enjoy life till the very end.
I echo Spock's sentiments..."Live long and prosper" ( with many descendants) my dear mushrooms.

So the Morel to my story...let "blooming" mushrooms be
sing them a happy song each time you pass by
let them grow tall, strong and free
and perhaps many descendants next spring you can FRY !
(well saute' in butter that is, yumm)

Got steak anyone?

Healthy Health Elixer

It is evening and the sun is setting, are you refreshed in spirit?
Have you paused long enough to wonder and be thankful for the beauty around us?

Perhaps you are tired and ready for a good nights sleep,
Well, working long and hard will help promote that.

How do I know?
A perfect stranger told me so. While I was doing some late grocery shopping tonight.
We happened to be in the same "place" at the same time.
I "opened" the door to the conversation, and thus we shared a few words.
I asked how her day was, then she asked how mine had been, I laughed saying
long and hard. That is when she laughed and said well at least you will sleep well.

Again laughing, I said yes, we call out to that pillow, come to momma baby...
Again we laughed and we both moved on to finish our shopping.

So work long and hard, do a good day's work, and then....

I heartily recommend a great Healthy Health Elixir, just click on the link below, to find out more . I'm almost positive it will enhance your sleep, especially when you apply some laughter with it.

Remember a merry heart doeth good like a medicine.
(actually I do not recommend what is apparently the main ingredient for vitameataveggamin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfBRRm7RgI